White House: We’ll take a short-term deal on the debt ceiling

Hot Air ^ | October 7,2013 | ED MORRISSEY

[Sacajaweau]

There should be no need for an increase....period.

[SMARTY]

Yup-hold their feet to the fire!

[American Constitutionalist]

Cracks are forming folks, don’t give up and don’t give in.

[ilovesarah2012]

And what exactly does this mean?

[Red in Blue PA]

If I need to stay in my budget and cut back expenses dramatically, why don’t they? Make them CUT!

[SaintDismas]

It’s probably what Thanksgiving and Christmas is best used for to these jerks. So they can trot out “how can you be so heartless”memes

[Spunky]

"President Obama would accept a short-term increase in the federal borrowing cap , rather than one lasting a year or more,...."

How stupid does he think we are?

[TomGuy]

A short-term deal?

Why?

All that would mean is a repeat in a few weeks.

The House, Senate and White House have been doing this dance since 2009. Budget crisis, temp deal, new budget crises, temp deal.

[ClearCase_guy]

Of course, as a political maneuver, this pretty smoothly gives the Democrats a soapbox: "Hey, we tried to negotiate! We tried to stop the default! We brokered a deal for a short-term solution to avoid catastrophe, and those Republicans refused!"

I'd like to hold the line, but it has to be done delicately or else we'll be the bad guys.

[a fool in paradise]

President Pushover just red-lined the red line.

[digger48]

And what exactly does this mean?

they want to have this Debt Battle every 3 months until next years elections

[Colonel_Flagg]

We’ll take a short-term deal on the debt ceiling

Of course they will. Just setting up the next crisis for which they can blame Republicans.

[Sacajaweau]

Lower the damn debt. Get rid of Head start, the EPA etc and piggy pensions for lawmakers. Let them get a real job.

[JRandomFreeper]

or else we'll be the bad guys.

Conservatives are ALWAYS going to be the bad guys. You just have to man up and accept it, and do the right thing, regardless.

/johnny

[dan on the right]

Hey, we haven’t exactly been brilliant lately. They have good cause to think we’re pretty stupid, I’m sorry to say!

The tide might be turning in the public perception with all the nonsense with the National Parks. Something should break soon.

We have to stay strong.

[dfwgator]

“My final offer is this: nothing.”

[Phillyred]

How about a real budget dbag? What is the longest this country has gone without a budget? This has got to be close to a record?

[Paladin2]

Cut the DOJ Budget to H0lder their feet to the fire.

[yoe]

" Since we cannot read minds, we cannot say who -- if anybody -- "wants to shut down the government." But we do know who had the option to keep the government running and chose not to. The money voted by the House of Representatives covered everything that the government does, except for ObamaCare.

The Senate chose not to vote to authorize that money to be spent, because it did not include money for ObamaCare. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says that he wants a "clean" bill from the House of Representatives..."
Thomas Sowell